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An anonymous reader writes "With the 'six-strikes' anti-piracy plan set to begin in the U.S. soon, TorrentFreak has gotten its hands on a document showing how Verizon in particular will be dealing with copyright-infringing users. For your first and second strike, Verizon will email you and leave you a voicemail informing you that your account is involved in copyright infringement. For your third and fourth strikes, the ISP will automatically redirect your browser to a page that requires you to acknowledge receiving the alerts. They'll also play a video about the dangers of infringement. For your fifth and sixth strikes, they give you three options: massively throttle your connection for a few days, wait two weeks and then throttle your connection, or file an appeal with an arbitration service for $35. TorrentFreak points out that the MPAA and RIAA can obtain the connection information of repeat infringers, with which they can then take legal action."

The piece of candy bar I put in the little cup on the mousetrap has value for the mouse. He just doesn't like what comes with it (a broken neck). If some kind soul were to offer him all the delicious food he could eat without the broken neck I think the food would have a lot more value for him. He also doesn't like it when poison is mixed in with his peanut butter. That doesn't mean he doesn't like peanut butter. A smart mouse (yes, they do exist) doesn't want anything you might want to offer him if it comes enclosed with food rights management in the form of a snap trap or poison.

... Having a Samsung phone is like having a nametag that says "hello, i'm a
cheap fucker" on it.

Exactly! I used to be one of those cheap fuckers, and then one day I stuck a couple of home made Apple logo stickers on my Samsung. It changed my life! People in the train now look at me with smiles of awe and self pity in their eyes! It really works, you too can be popular!